-
Article
Exogenous Potassium Silicate Improves Drought Tolerance in Cotton Genotypes by Modulating Growth, Gas Exchange and Antioxidant Metabolism
Cotton is a highly sensitive crop to drought stress. Consequently, it is crucial to devise strategies that optimize crop production in conditions of limited water availability. While potassium silicate has dem...
-
Article
Threshold of climate extremes that impact vegetation productivity over the Tibetan Plateau
Vegetation growth is adversely impacted by multiple climate extremes related to the water and thermal stress over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). However, it remains unknown at which stress level these climate extre...
-
Article
Open AccessSelective production of methylindan and tetralin with xylose or hemicellulose
Indan and tetralin are widely used as fuel additives and the intermediates in the manufacture of thermal-stable jet fuel, many chemicals, medicines, and shockproof agents for rubber industry. Herein, we disclo...
-
Article
MXenes/CNTs-based hybrids: Fabrications, mechanisms, and modification strategies for energy and environmental applications
Emerging two-dimensional (2D) layered metal carbide and nitride materials, commonly termed MXenes, are increasingly recognized for their applications across diverse fields such as energy, environment, and cata...
-
Article
Fungal necromass carbon contributes to organic carbon sequestration within soil macroaggregates under manure application combined with plastic film mulching
Microbial necromass carbon (C) is a major contributor to soil organic C (SOC) sequestration. Soil aggregates are key functional units in regulating SOC dynamics. Fertilization and plastic film mulching, as com...
-
Article
Enhanced the temperature stability of low-fired Li3Mg2NbO6 microwave dielectric ceramics for LTCC application
The temperature stability of low-fired (1−x)Li3Mg2NbO6-xLa0.5Na0.5TiO3-6wt% LiF ceramics (x = 0.025, 0.050, 0.075, 0.100) were fabricated in an effort to develop a low-temperature co-fired microwave communication...
-
Article
Vegetation greenness in 2023
Global greening continued into 2023, reaching near-record values that were dominated by regional enhancement in the mid-western USA, Europe, northern Australia and parts of equatorial Africa. In contrast, clim...
-
Article
Open AccessOsteocyte mitochondria regulate angiogenesis of transcortical vessels
Transcortical vessels (TCVs) provide effective communication between bone marrow vascular system and external circulation. Although osteocytes are in close contact with them, it is not clear whether osteocytes...
-
Article
Open AccessImproved adaptive regularization for simulated annealing inversion of transient electromagnetic
Geophysical inversion usually involves ill-posed problem. Regularization is the most commonly used method to mitigate this problem. There are many regularization parameter selection methods, among which the ad...
-
Article
Open AccessMolecular classification reveals the sensitivity of lung adenocarcinoma to radiotherapy and immunotherapy: multi-omics clustering based on similarity network fusion
Due to individual differences in tumors and immune systems, the response rate to immunotherapy is low in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients. Combinations with other therapeutic strategies improve the efficacy...
-
Article
Plant Community Characteristics and Responses of C, N, and P to Different Water Gradients in Northern Tibetan Plateau
In different plant community types, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus allocation is strongly influenced by environmental factors and differences in community composition. On the horizontal water gradient from w...
-
Article
Open AccessEffects of Pilates exercises on spine deformities and posture: a systematic review
Pilates is becoming increasingly popular amongst a wide range of people and is gaining more attention. It is also an effective means of physical rehabilitation. The aim of this systematic review is to explore ...
-
Article
Open AccessCharacteristics and outcome of patients with left atrial appendage closure in China: a single-center experience
Clinical characteristics and long-term data on the safety and efficacy of LAAC in preventing cerebrovascular accident and thromboembolism among Chinese patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF) remain limited.
-
Article
Contrasting effects of maize straw and its biochar on aggregation and soil organic matter stabilization
Crop straw and it derived biochar are both promising to improve soil fertility and structure. However, the contribution of these amendments to microbial biomass and aggregate formation, as well as carbon (C) a...
-
Article
Characterization of a novel endornavirus isolated from the phytopathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani endornavirus 8 (RsEV8) was isolated from strain XY175 of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA. The full-length genome of RsEV8 is 16,147 nucleotides (nt) in length and contains a single open reading fram...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
A Hybrid Incremental Sheet Forming Process for Fabricating Functional Surface Microtextures
Metallic components with large-area functional surface microtextures like microgrooves and dimples have special functions such as drag reduction and energy efficiency enhancement. Existing forming processes ar...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploring the Linguistic Model to Operate on Architectural Façade Illumination Design
Designers utilize the compositions to express their feelings and thoughts. However, it is difficult to have corresponding command of design theory for people in different fields. For architects, it is not comm...
-
Chapter
Practical Integrated Weighted Approximate Reasoning
Pattern-matching-based approximate reasoning methods (e.g. CRI) can be effective and efficient when applicable, while FRI methods work well when facing incomplete knowledge bases. To maximise the benefits of b...
-
Chapter
Prospectives of Further Developments and Applications of Approximate Knowledge Interpolation
This final chapter concludes the book. Firstly, it provides a summary of the topics presented in the preceding chapters, including an emphasis on the recent advances in approximate knowledge interpolative reas...
-
Chapter
Attribute Weighting and Weighted Fuzzy Rule Bases
In conventional fuzzy inference systems, the if-then rules available are typically represented in a flat form without differing the importance levels amongst the antecedent attributes, and therefore, all attribut...
